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Asked: 2026-06-11T10:55:30+00:00

I have an html file on my computer that takes an email address (gmail)

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I have an html file on my computer that takes an email address (gmail) and a password as input. I want to use javascript or python to log into the gmail acount with the given email address and send a message to another email address. How would I do this? Either javascript or python is fine.

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  1. Editorial Team

    From Google:

    “Gmail supports the standard IMAP and SMTP protocols for accessing and
    sending e-mail messages. The Gmail IMAP and SMTP servers have been
    extended to support authorization via the industry-standard OAuth 2.0
    protocol.”

    So it looks like with an OAuth STMP/IMAP Javascript library you should be able to make this work. See this SO article for an example: Connecting to the Gmail IMAP API in javascript/node.js

    Another option is to take a look at the Gmailr API.

    While this is not going to be a plug-and-play solution for you, it’s the course that most of the early 3rd party gmail extenders apparently used.

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